Re: Configurable OOM killer Re: old oom-vm for 2.4.32 (was oom killer in 2.4.23)

From: Kristian Peters (kristian.peters_at_korseby.net)
Date: 12/09/03

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    To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
    
    

    Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> schrieb:
    > The following patch makes OOM killer configurable (its the same as the
    > other patches posted except its around CONFIG_OOM_KILLER).
    >
    > I hope the Configure.help entry is clear enough.

    What about the PF_MEMDIE issues Andrea has argued ? Are they solved by the added code in page_alloc.c ?

    As Andrea has pointed out earlier, a yield() after out_of_memory() is safe and should be added too.

    I'd really like to see that config-option in 2.4.24.

    *Kristian
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